901:10-1-10
Prohibitions.

(A)
No person shall
modify an existing or construct a new concentrated animal feeding facility
without first obtaining a permit to install issued by the director under
section 903.02 of the Revised Code.

(B)
Except for a concentrated
animal feeding facility that is operating under an installation permit issued
by the director of environmental protection or a review compliance certificate
issued by the director, on and after the date on which the program has been
finalized under section
903.01 of the Revised Code, no
person shall operate a concentrated animal feeding facility without a permit
issued by the director under section
903.03 of the Revised Code.

(C)
No person to whom a NPDES
permit has been issued shall discharge or cause to be discharged, in any waters
of the state any manure, pollutants, or stormwater resulting from an animal
feeding facility in excess of the permissive discharges specified under an
existing permit.

(D)
On and after
the date on which the United States environmental protection agency approves
the NPDES program submitted by the director of agriculture under section
903.08 of the Revised Code, no
person shall discharge pollutants from a concentrated animal feeding
operation into waters of the state unless authorized by a valid and
unexpired NPDES permit issued by the director or unless an application for
renewal of such NPDES permit has been submitted by the person and is pending.

(E)
Any person who discharges or
proposes to discharge pollutants shall apply for a NPDES permit.
A concentrated animal feeding operation proposes to
discharge if it is designed, constructed, operated, or maintained such that a
discharge will occur.

(F)
On
and after the date on which the United States environmental protection agency
approves the NPDES program submitted by the director, no person shall discharge
stormwater resulting from an animal feeding facility unless authorized by a
NPDES permit when such a permit is required by the act and subsequently issued
by the director of agriculture pursuant to section
903.08 of the Revised Code.

(G)
No person shall violate the
terms and conditions of a permit to install, permit to operate, review
compliance certificate, or NPDES permit.